Resident says glider avoided hitting family home

Yesterday at Lake Hume a miraculous escape for a 60-year-old Holbrook man whose ultra-light plane crashed into the water at Ludlow's Reserve near Wodonga, the solo pilot suffered only minor abrasions.

The incident occurred just days after 80-year-old glider pilot Mary Neighbour, from the United Kingdom, crashed her glider at Goorambat, near Benalla.

Reports indicate that Mary Neighbour took evasive action to prevent hitting a home as she came towards the ground. Kylie Martin told Matt Dowling she saw Mary steer the glider away from the family home on New Year's Day. Kylie's husband Rohan stayed with Mary at the crash scene until emergency services arrived.